Pashtuns

It is secular and likes to speak out against the so-called Talibanization of the city, a jab at the Awami National Party, which represents the ethnic Pashtuns from the Taliban heartland in the northwest.

Karachi Killings: Pakistan's Largest City Reels After 51 Killed In 5 Days AP 2010

As Pashtuns, in other words, the Taliban would probably have resisted to the death even in pre-Islamic times; Islam merely added the incentive of martyrdom in a sacred cause.

James Fergusson: Religious Reasons For The Taliban Attack On The Intercontinental Hotel James Fergusson 2011

As Pashtuns, in other words, the Taliban would probably have resisted to the death even in pre-Islamic times; Islam merely added the incentive of martyrdom in a sacred cause.

James Fergusson: Religious Reasons For The Taliban Attack On The Intercontinental Hotel James Fergusson 2011

As Pashtuns, in other words, the Taliban would probably have resisted to the death even in pre-Islamic times; Islam merely added the incentive of martyrdom in a sacred cause.

James Fergusson: Religious Reasons For The Taliban Attack On The Intercontinental Hotel James Fergusson 2011

Still, the idea of negotiating a final peace agreement with the Pashtuns is probably unlikely.

The So-Called “White Trash” Vote 2008

Still, the idea of negotiating a final peace agreement with the Pashtuns is probably unlikely.

Is Afghanistan A Place To Economize? 2008

Still, the idea of negotiating a final peace agreement with the Pashtuns is probably unlikely.

VDARE.com: Blog Articles » Print » Is Afghanistan A Place To Economize? 2008

The alienation of the Pashtuns is a major factor in the Taliban's success in southern Afghanistan, but it could seriously impair the group's progress in the north.

Gilles Dorronsoro: Dispatch from Kandahar 2009

The Karzai government is at a loss for a working solution, walking a tightrope between their natural solidarity with the Pashtun anti-American fighters (the Pashtuns are the largest of the many ethnic minorities in Pakistan, the Punjabis being the majority ethnic group) and the demand from Washington that they strike down on the rebel areas along the Afghani-Pakistani border.

Will Democracy Forever Remain an Illusion? 2009

The difficulty caused by the absence of any recent history of a unitary state is compounded by the reality that unlike the Sunnis in Iraq, the Pashtuns are the largest ethnic group in Afghanistan.

James Denselow: Iraq in Afghanistan? 2009